Old Friends |
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| Author:
| Kidder, Tracy |
| Read by:
| Seibel, Lowell George |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4233-5813-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2008 |
| Publisher: | Brilliance Publishing, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Downloadable audio file |
| List Price: | USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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Tracy Kidder won the Pulitzer Prize for The Soul of a New Machine. House and Among Schoolchildren were national bestsellers. Now this "crackerjack reporter with a common touch" (Philip Lopate, The Washington Post) has turned his talents to his most important and universal theme in this, a close-in study of old age in America. With care and exactitude, with the human compassion and humor for which he is famed, Kidder opens up a fascinating world to us that is, at the same time, foreign...
More DescriptionTracy Kidder won the Pulitzer Prize for The Soul of a New Machine. House and Among Schoolchildren were national bestsellers. Now this "crackerjack reporter with a common touch" (Philip Lopate, The Washington Post) has turned his talents to his most important and universal theme in this, a close-in study of old age in America. With care and exactitude, with the human compassion and humor for which he is famed, Kidder opens up a fascinating world to us that is, at the same time, foreign and compelling.The narrative takes place entirely in a nursing home and focuses on two old men struggling with their circumstances, their memories, and their mortality.